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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first successful permanent English settlement. Jamestowm was named after King James 1. It was financed and ran by The Virginia Company. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses became the first representative government in America. The first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower compact was signed by 41 English colonist on the ship of the Mayflower. It was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. -
Bacon Rebellion
The Bacon Rebellion was led by Nathaniel Bacon. It was to lower tobacco prices, higher taxes, and the lack of protection from the Native Americans attacks. -
Salam Witch Trials
In the Salam Witch Trils over 100 people (mostly women) were arrested and tried for witchcraft. Single Women were targeted more than others. 20 people were execulted for witchcraft, mostly by hanging. -
Trials of John Peter Zenger
John was a German immigrant who printed a publication called ¨The New York Weekly Journal. He was accused of libel. Libel had a different meaning back then, it mean't you published information that was opposed to the goverenment. -
French and Indian War
Is known as the 7 years' war. The war was between the Britian and and the French. France’s expansion into the Ohio River valley brought repeated conflict with the claims of the British colonies and a couple of battles were faught and lead up to the French and Indian War. -
Proclamation of 1763
At the end of the French and Indian war, thr British issued a proclamation. The proclamation was mainly for intended to conciliate the Indians by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. It was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British government. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was allowing British soldiers to say in your house. The colonist were required to let them stay in their homes. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was passed by British parliament to affirm its power to legislate for the colonies. The phrase that was used was "In all cases whatsoever.¨ -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of 5 colonist by British regulars. The Boston Massacre is remembered as a key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the Patriot cause. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was passed by Parliament, and it would launch the final spark in Boston. The British government granted the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies.The colonist never accepted the constitutionality of the tea. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party was when American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. -
1st Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress me in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. All colonies except for Georgia sent delegates. Patrick Henry, George Washington, John Adams, and John Jay were among the delegates. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord. It established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states. They elected George Washingtion a Commander and Chief of the Continental Army. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence but was written largely by Jefferson. Most American didnt know that Jefferson wrote it and thought Congress wrote it.
